“This has to be one of the most revolting books it is possible to read - and one I could only recommend to the most open minded ADULT readers.
This is not a book for kids - no way! In fact, unless you are a broad minded adult I wouldn't even read any further into this review.
I mean it!
Don't scroll any further
Or at least don't say I didn't warn you!
You should guess from the title this is not a fluffy-kitten book.
Okay then, if I haven't put you off here goes.
The protagonist in this novel is you. Everything is "you do this", "you do that". An interesting twist, not one I've come across before. It's a great way of involving you in the book - Philbin makes you the lead character.
And that's probably why this book is unpleasant. For in bukkakeworld you spend your entire life being hit in the face with semen. Nice eh?
It's everywhere, in your hair, your food, your clothes - it's gluing your eyelids together when you wake, adding a salty tang to your cornflakes. There is nowhere without it.
But don't for a second think this is just some kind of masturbatory fantasy on the part of the author. This is an allegory (big word I know, sorry).
In Bukkakeworld Philbin is using human ejaculate to demonstrate the contempt modern commercial capitalism has for the little guy (you and I to be blunt).
It's an extreme gimmick I will grant you but an effective one.
And in the midst of all the goo, Philbin has placed a fairly good - if a little surreal - plot of the little guy trying to resist the machine but ultimately...
...no! You'll have to read it yourself to know what happens to "you" in Bukkakeworld!
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I.E. Lester wrote this review Friday, December 26 2008.
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